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Instant Finance

Instant Finance is a financial services office at 7/455 Colombo Street, Sydenham, Christchurch, inside the Sydenham commercial centre.

Checked 16 Oct 2026

Over 50 years helping Kiwis with fast, fair & easy personal loans — 25 branches nationwide or online everywhere. Apply now

The only financial services office on the record in Sydenham

7/455 Colombo Street

Street record, Colombo Street →

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Nearest bus stop
35 m
Financial in the suburb
1

Getting there

Bus stop, Colombo St near Byron St 35 m · Routes 1, 8, 44 · ECan bus stops
Bus stop, Colombo St near Cass St 114 m · Routes 1, 8, 44 · ECan bus stops
Bus stop, Colombo St near Lawson St 130 m · Routes 1, 8, 44 · ECan bus stops
Cycle lane Passes the door · in service · Council cycleway layer
Car park, Wilson off-street parking 440 m · private · 28 spaces · Council parking data
The street, Colombo Street Reports, crashes and the rest of the record along it Directions → Walking, cycling and driving routes, on Google Maps Street View → The kerb as Google photographed it: worth a look before a first visit

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Nearby

Environment Canterbury’s Canterbury Maps Parks layer, refreshed 2026-10-10. Distances are straight-line from the business pin, not walking routes.

The nearest other financial

All 1 financial in Sydenham → · Every one in the city →

Also in Sydenham

Every kind of business in Sydenham →

What the record holds

Every fact with the source that states it, Sydenham (the suburb’s page) · record assembled 16 Oct 2026
FactWhat the source saysSource
Address7/455 Colombo StreetOpenStreetMap
KindFinancialOpenStreetMap
Phone+64 3 374 2480OpenStreetMap · its own site lists 0800760000
Websiteif.co.nzOpenStreetMap · its own site agrees
EmailSydenham@if.co.nzOpenStreetMap

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What its website says

Over 50 years helping Kiwis with fast, fair & easy personal loans — 25 branches nationwide or online everywhere. Apply now.

— Its own website. Read from its own site, a lead, not checked.

The ground it stands on

Facts about the spot the pin marks, the land, not the business. A consent may belong to the building, the landlord or a neighbour
FactWhat the source saysSource
District Plan zoneLocal centre zoneDistrict Plan
Commercial centreSydenham, large neighbourhood centreDistrict Plan

What stood on this ground → · Documents that name it →

What stood on Colombo Street

High Street and Colombo Street
1860, High Street and Colombo Street

From Canterbury Stories. This photograph names the street, not this business. The street page pairs it with a Street View pose verified outside Formaggio's, 2025-04. The street’s then and now →

The reports nearby

3,360 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 2,910 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.

The 3,360 reports on file

Questions, answered briefly

What is Instant Finance?

A financial services office in Sydenham, Christchurch.

Where is Instant Finance?

7/455 Colombo Street, Sydenham, on Colombo Street. On the map →

Is Instant Finance still trading?

On OpenStreetMap.

How do you contact Instant Finance?

phone 03 374 2480, its website, email Sydenham@if.co.nz.

What other financial are near Instant Finance?

Tony Mounce Mortgages (1.0 km), Stadium Finance (1.6 km), mtf Finance (2.6 km), every one in the city.

What’s near Instant Finance?

the address’s own record holds 27 reports; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Pizza Club (12 m); the Colombo St near Byron St bus stop is 35 m away: routes 1, 8, 44; a cycle lane passes the door; nearest park: Carlyle Reserve (209 m).

What stood where Instant Finance is, before?

The heritage-register places nearest the pin →

The record behind this

This page is the union of what these public sources say, each fact above names the one it came from. A listing is a lead, not a promise the business still trades:

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